People aren't used to a rapper selling out at this level so since they got a happy meal from him he must be the most popular. He also sold an unprecedented amount of album bundles in 2018 which inflated his numbers, out of context they looked great.

Because he is the biggest rapper ever and his next album will go diamond in a week no bundles .
Just joking but he’s doing well he has the potential to pass Drake just like Kendrick does . Will it happen I doubt it , Drake does bigger numbers without bundles and that say a lot . At the end of the day who caressss .

not true astroworld release week was literally the first week of travis’ super stardom he’s gotten way bigger since

Just read a Kid Cudi GQ article and the writer mentions the Scott’s. The writer calls Travis “arguably the biggest rapper in the world”

He’s doing at least 400k without bundles now that he got the fortnite kids listening to his music

Cole/Drake
Travis
Kendrick? If he dropped music he’d probably be higher

i will say though travis will never have an album idea remotely as brandable and marketable as astroworld

I feel like either Post or Travis could outsell Drake in a while but it really depends if Drake’s starts to die down which won’t happen till at least 2023

If he goes into the Sci fi aesthetics for the next album combined with a more psychedelic sound he could have even more appealing album than astro

lol do you want me to define define to you

kylie + impregnating her + astroworld brandability and marketability + sicko mode (drake deserves a lot of credit here) + the tour + jordan collabs + fortnite + mcdonalds solidified him

Watching his success has been insane, went from being a Kanye and cudi Stan to becoming the most marketable brand in hip hop

the kids love trav more but they’re 1A and 1B

The records going straight to number ones

Same as when people started saying weezy is the best rapper alive

i’m talking about everything outside the music travis will never have merch as appealing as astroworld and just the overall direction and amusement park theme

he took something that already existed and breathed new life into it. astroworld was already around for years and people love nostalgia

even the utopia thing just sounds like he’s tryna come up with another astroworld type concept

the masses like travis as a brand more than they actually like his music

He's #3 behind Drake and then Kendrick. But I'm not sure if he's already hit his popularity peak or not. Y'all can call Drake old but Trav will already be 30 next year

The other day a friend of mine who isn't a fan of music and just listens said Trav is more famous for being famous than people liking his music which I never realized

I'm not saying drake makes more mature music, but I'm 18 and most people my age definitely prefer Travis

when he made it to the Fortnite worldwide stage

He’s the hungriest rapper